A new study from Australian researchers shows that refugees and new immigrants integrate well in Australia – especially in regional areas. Contrary to recent comments from the multicultural affairs minister, Alan Tudge, that migrants who reside together “largely communicate in their mother tongue [and] are slower integrating”, the research found that refugees were welcomed by their new communities, found it “easy” to get along, and felt a strong sense of belonging to their new homes. Researchers surveyed 214 refugees – 155 adults and 59 children – from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, who all had been recently settled in...

Between 20,000 and 30,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria despite the jihadist group's defeat and a halt in the flow of foreigners joining its ranks, according to a UN report released today.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi stepped back from his commitment to abide by new U.S. sanctions on Iran on Monday, saying his government would only respect the dollar ban in transactions with Iran.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Monday his government was only committed to not using dollars in transactions with Iran, not to abiding with the full scope of U.S. sanctions against the country.

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling They say it takes one to know one. But instead of the more common meaning no one is better at finding a wrong doer than another wrongdoer, in this case no one is better at rebuilding a collapsing state than another collapsing state. The recent protests in Iraq over decrepit infrastructures which turned deadly was another reminder of how the U.S. is failing miserably to rebuild Iraq after preemptively going to war and destroying it. It’s also a mirror image of how it can’t even rebuild many of it’s own dilapidated cities and neighborhoods, which always leads to the breakdown of civil society and democracy. Images Staring Back Seldom Lie Storming...

In the hot, dry border region between northern and central Iraq, Leishmania parasite infections are so common that they've been dubbed 'Baghdad sores.' Now, for the first time, researchers have studied the prevalence of different Leishmania species and strains in the region. Most cases of leishmaniasis in Iraq match an Iranian strain.